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[em1civicsi]

Hi guys, I have bad news....(2000 honda civic si)

I was driving home from school when all of a sudden my check engine light keeps FLASHING, and my engine started making weird noises, my car was low idling and then it died. First thing I checked was my spark plugs, as I check them, I find oil in all of them. I had to tow my car, $200.00 35 mile trip

Please help me with your knowledge clubcivic, today was a sad and long day for me.....plz....

 

[rayaccord101]

blown headgasket? im guessing

 

[young_]

blown headgasket? im guessing

Where did you get blown headgasket from "check engine light keeps FLASHING, and my engine started making weird noises, my car was low idling and then it died" ?

If the CEL is still illuminated pull the code and see what code it's throwing. That would be the best place to start.

 

[Hecz]

Hi guys, I have bad news....(2000 honda civic si)

I was driving home from school when all of a sudden my check engine light keeps FLASHING, and my engine started making weird noises, my car was low idling and then it died. First thing I checked was my spark plugs, as I check them, I find oil in all of them. I had to tow my car, $200.00 35 mile trip

Please help me with your knowledge clubcivic, today was a sad and long day for me.....plz....

oh yea, been there done that. mine was more like 175$ 15 mile trip.

 

[Hecz]

Where did you get blown headgasket from "check engine light keeps FLASHING, and my engine started making weird noises, my car was low idling and then it died" ?

If they CEL is still illuminated pull the code and see what code it's throwing. That would be the best place to start.

there you go, this guy's on the trolly.

 

[em1civicsi]

blown headgasket? im guessing

No, I'm pretty sure it's not the head gasket.

Where did you get blown headgasket from "check engine light keeps FLASHING, and my engine started making weird noises, my car was low idling and then it died" ?

If the CEL is still illuminated pull the code and see what code it's throwing. That would be the best place to start.

Okay, will try that.

Thanks guys, more inputs would help

 

[Hecz]

Does the engine burn oil?

 

[mymmeryloss]

Drain your oil...

Tell me what u see...

 

[em1civicsi]

So guys, I DIDN'T take my car YET to the shop, however, I did go to one of my good friends that's a mechanic, he recommend that, I should change my valve cover gasket, spark plug tube seals and spark plugs, of course, I have to drain out the oil the is spilled everywhere, I will do that when I get a chance this weekend and let you guys know what the results are....

2 mechanics told me the samething, but still, I wonder if it could be something else? I just hope what I bought will fix it.

 

[rayaccord101]

valve cover gasket w.e same thing lol.

 

[crash!]

valve cover gasket w.e same thing lol.

You better not be saying the HG and the VCG are the same thing...

Pull codes if you can, drain your oil, check your coolant, check your plugs, and do a compression test. And report back.

 

[dj_hallucn8]

^^ what she said then you will have a better idea of what's wrong.

 

[em1civicsi]

You better not be saying the HG and the VCG are the same thing...

Pull codes if you can, drain your oil, check your coolant, check your plugs, and do a compression test. And report back.

That is my plan, I'm going to check codes, my coolant is fine, plugs are bad since theres oil all over them and compression test is what I'll do after I install the valve cover gasket etc....

Thanks

 

[TigBitties]

your cel flashes when your engine detonates......your car shut down because it was about to die, if it didnt already. when a cel flashes, you are supposed to immediately pull over and shut the car off.

do you go to back yard mechanics? because changing those parts wont do anything for your issue

first thing you need is a compression test, if its low. squirt some of your basic oil in the little squirt cans in and do a leak down test.

 

[em1civicsi]

your cel flashes when your engine detonates......your car shut down because it was about to die, if it didnt already. when a cel flashes, you are supposed to immediately pull over and shut the car off.

do you go to back yard mechanics? because changing those parts wont do anything for your issue

first thing you need is a compression test, if its low. squirt some of your basic oil in the little squirt cans in and do a leak down test.

We'll I went to two mechanics, they both have been in business for more then 20 years and they both told me the same thing. I'm not saying that there right, but I gotta do something as this is my only car.

I'm on a serious budget as I only go to school full-time and money is hard to get for myself.

How much do you think a compression test cost and a leak down test???? Thanks in advance.

 

[crash!]

We'll I went to two mechanics, they both have been in business for more then 20 years and they both told me the same thing. I'm not saying that there right, but I gotta do something as this is my only car.

I'm on a serious budget as I only go to school full-time and money is hard to get for myself.

How much do you think a compression test cost and a leak down test???? Thanks in advance.

You can rent a compression tester from oreillys basically for free. And you can learn how to do a leakdown test. Its a b***h though.

 

[TigBitties]

and they said change vc gaskets and spark plugs? unless the plugs are really shot and cause a sever misfiring

but if you wanted, you could buy a leak down tester which is a compression tester but better, and can get one a harbor freight fairly cheap


leak down test are super easy. you screw it into spark plug hole, hook it up to a air line, let air through. leakage should be under 10 percent or something. i dont remembe exactly.

 

[em1civicsi]

You can rent a compression tester from oreillys basically for free. And you can learn how to do a leakdown test. Its a b**** though.

I'll hit up Oreillys lol

and they said change vc gaskets and spark plugs? unless the plugs are really shot and cause a sever misfiring

but if you wanted, you could buy a leak down tester which is a compression tester but better, and can get one a harbor freight fairly cheap


leak down test are super easy. you screw it into spark plug hole, hook it up to a air line, let air through. leakage should be under 10 percent or something. i dont remembe exactly.

Okay, I can do that, I guess I'll rent one and try this.
I'm going to have to research because I don't know what the hell kind of numbers ill get and what to do with these numbers lol.

 

[TigBitties]

oh yeah and you need to get the cylinder at top dead center, which isnt hard to do.

but should be aiming for 5% but no more than 10% leakage

 

[em1civicsi]

oh yeah and you need to get the cylinder at top dead center, which isnt hard to do.

but should be aiming for 5% but no more than 10% leakage

Gotcha, so if it's more then 10% what does that mean?